In Loving Memory

A tribute to Sparta and Kyrian, both of whom are cherished cats, male brown tabbies, who belonged to my girlfriend, Bridgette. Some of you may know her as SirensAfterMidnight here on YouTube. Recently, though between month intervals, she had lost both of her babies...

Both of them were lively boys, and beautiful, too, and it wasn't hard to see how they had won over not only her heart, but the heart of everyone who knew or heard about them. Sparta had disappeared a few months ago, however, and baby Kyrian had passed in an accident that occured this past weekend...

She's been torn up about it, and it's so painful to not really be able to do anything for her. She's strong and she moves forward, and I can see how hard she is trying to be strong. Oh, no one knows how much I admire her for being able to do such a thing. However, I know that behind that smile that she puts on in school is a whole lot of pain and mourning. To see her clutching Kyrian's tags that she now wears around her wrist and to draw a beautiful dedication to the little one today in her sketchbook, completed with a print of her own blood... that tore me up. I couldn't help but cry during class; I'm not sure how discreet it was since you can't exactly hide sniffeling.

And what can one do to ease such pain? Only time can do that, and that eats me up. I've painted a portrait of Sparta for her, and drew a picture of Kyrian as well. But that doesn't ease the pain. Telling her everything's alright is something stupid. What exactly could I do to help ease the pain?

And so I've completed this just an hour ago, a video tribute. I feel like I hadn't supported her as well as I should have when Sparta disappeared, and now... I can't let that happen again, and I owe that to Bridgette and Sparta, and I won't let Kyrian slip by. So, this is for you, Bridgette, and for both of you, Kyrian and Sparta.

May our hearts be with you always.

Edit:
Bridgette went ahead and posted what exactly had happened to poor Kyr. I wanted to leave it up to her to do so, since I felt that it wasn't my place, and it can be seen in the first comments for the video.

Just as well, I'm going to post it here, too.

"I'm going to describe the specifics of Kyrian's accident in another comment for anyone wondering what happened.

For anyone watching, the desc. or video isn't specific, but Kyrian was going up under the vehicles and getting caught in fanbelt of my grandfather's truck when he started the engine. The first time, his ear was cut. The second time my grandparents called for him, but he didn't come out, so they thought he was elsewhere. When my grandfather started the truck, however, Kyrian fell out, bloodied, and died soon after. We thought the cat would learn... but it's no one's fault; just one terrible mishap."

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On the bright side, there is a plus. I swear it's the first time I really smiled today, since she just IM'd me, like, just now, with a "God brought me a kitty. 8D" X3 It seems like she had a little stray female kitten, only a few tiny weeks old (perhaps four or five) spontaneously came to her in her yard after school today, and she's currently taking care of her. :3

I bet Shaman and Lucifer are real happy about that, the jealous boys. x3 She sounds really precious from what she's told me. ^^

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Anyways, everyone, please post here or on her channel page if you'd like, because I'm sure she'd be grateful for any well wishes for her beloved boys, and I'm sure that they would, too.

Thanks, everyone, for watching.

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Sparta and Kyrian (brown tabbies) images and footage are copyrighted to SirensAfterMidnight; they are her babies. Cobain, the Egyptian Mau that appears in the last two video clips with Kyr, lives with her mother and is doing well.

The last image was also made by her in honor of her children.

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Music Used:

"Our Farewell," by Within Temptation
"Angel," by Sarah McLachlan

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Sparta
• Kyrian
• Tribute

[fear2the2spork]

that was very sweet of you. i lost my cat a few months ago. it was really tough cause im the one who found her body outside our house. i layed on the couch in a fetal position for hours crying. when i got my moms house she still didnt know what happened and she had bought me a little cat pendant. i ended up in the corner crying again

[CrypticMoonfang]

I'm sorry to hear that. :( I haven't lost anyone, be it pet or otherwise, like that, so I can't really understand the pain people like you or my girlfriend must feel from such a loss. All I can do is sit and watch and help where I can.

Thanks for watching this. <3

[SirensAfterMidnight]

This is very beautiful, and I started to cry when the image of Kyrian curled up in my arms came up... I'll never be able to hold him like that again.

I'd been planning to make a similar video, with very different song choices.

I'm going to describe the specifics of Kyrian's accident in another comment for anyone wondering what happened.

[CrypticMoonfang]

Well, at least I know that something was achieved, then, that can be shared with the world. I can't say how much I cried while making this... To say it's not fair is an understatement.

I thought that "Our Farewell" would have been perfect, and since they are your children, the lyrics fit well. Rika picked out "Angel" when I was drawing the picture yesterday.

I wanted to leave that to you, since I felt it wasn't my place. I'll make sure to put this in the desc. so that it can be seen.

[confusdsincbirth]

I lost my dog of 14 years a couple years ago to natural causes.. She had always been a fighter and had many scars (All from running into things, no abuse whatsoever) and I still miss her every day.. Years have passed but no wounds have healed.. She was like family, it was horrible.. I was so hopeful she would recover, and I feel I didn't get to say my goodbyes..

[MageDb0w]

I lost my dog that i've had for 10 years a few months ago, i haven't cried that much before.

[sxcBihatch]

im love my lil bella... shes almost a year old, i was neva a big cat person but one ov my girlfriends gave me her for xmas n ever since she has been soo loving n jst really cute... i love her company n would be utterly devastated if i lost her, i am sorry for your loss and this is a beautiful way to remember your cat xx

[blcolonn]

I have a kitten..her name is Lilly and I would die crying if this happened to her. My heart goes out to the kittens. Why were they outside, it is so dangerous especially when they are kittens. Sorry for the loss.

[MoonfangOfHowlPack]

it's always sad when a pet dies...

[AutumnLSumpter]

me 2 its so so sad :(

[masterfurry]

Me + a human = i h8 him/her

Me + a animal wolf cat...etc= YaY i cant stand humans n i cant stand 2 see animal die

[masterfurry]

hay (sigh) ima tell a storie of a boy (who i never knew) and a animal or somthing ... this guy was born with somesorta paesites in his heart an he got very mad one day afterschool n went home s,ashing n troing stuff at his mom he went to his bed n mom went in ahour l8er 2 chek on him... he was dead :,( when i herd i felt funny inside even though i never knew him :o ive lost 2 pets a dog n a cat who is alive .. i think for 10 years i saw her 2 years ago i tried get her but she got way... :(